A security deposit is an amount that you, as the tenant, usually pay into a blocked account at the beginning of your lease. If you comply with all the obligations in your lease, you’ll get your security deposit back when the lease ends.* If the rented property has been damaged, the landlord may use some or all of the deposit to cover the repairs.
If you’re planning on renting and need to arrange a security deposit, just tell Kate: ‘I want to open a security deposit savings account’. You can find Kate, your digital assistant, in the top-right corner of KBC Brussels Mobile.
If you’re planning to rent a house or flat, the KBC Brussels Security Deposit Savings Account is a good idea. Why? Because landlords usually require a security deposit. By putting this on a blocked savings account, neither you nor the landlord can touch it for the duration of the lease.
You can also open aKBC Brussels Security Deposit Savings Account when renting student accommodation, a service flat, a room in a nursing home or a parking space. In other situations (e.g., commercial leases), you can't use a KBC Brussels Security Deposit Savings Account, but instead can open a standard savings account in your branch as third-party collateral.
The KBC Brussels Security Deposit Savings Account is a regulated savings account offered by KBC Bank NV, Belgium. It is governed by the laws of Belgium.
You don’t need to be with us to open a security deposit account, but you do need a Belgian ID card. Simply open the account through our website to start using it right away and we’ll e-mail your landlord to confirm everything if you like.
Bank with us and you can quickly open the account in KBC Brussels Mobile or KBC Brussels Touch. That could come in handy if your landlord only wants to give you the keys after arranging the security deposit.
| Base rate of interest | 0.45% |
| Fidelity bonus | 0.45% |
The rates shown are gross and annualised and can change at any time. Current rates are always shown above or can be obtained from your KBC Brussels branch. If the rates change, we will inform you by post or through one of our digital channels.
Savings earn interest at the base rate from the very first calendar day following the transaction date, and cease to earn interest from the calendar day on which they are withdrawn.
The fidelity bonus is awarded for amounts that remain on the savings account for 12 full, consecutive months. If money is withdrawn or transferred from the account, the accruing fidelity bonuses whose acquisition date is furthest in the future will be the first to be ended. However, for the first three transfers per year to another regulated savings account held with KBC Brussels, there is a pro rata transfer of the fidelity bonus, provided the following conditions are met:
This means that the current 12-month calculation period is not interrupted but continues running on the beneficiary savings account. Therefore, the fidelity bonus is likewise only awarded on amounts that are held, in this case, on two or more savings accounts for 12 consecutive months.
You open a KBC Brussels Security Deposit Savings Account when the lease starts and the deposit is released at the end of the lease by:
You no longer have to go to a KBC Brussels branch to ask for the deposit to be released. Instead, you can do it easily in our app by scanning or taking a photo of the completed and signed release document, the lease and the landlord's ID card (or copies of each landlord's card if the property is jointly owned) and forwarding them to us in KBC Brussels Mobile or KBC Brussels Touch. If everything is in order, we return the amount of the security deposit (plus interest), ensuring it is divided up as agreed.
Tenants in Flanders and Wallonia must have property insurance (i.e. home insurance) if the rented property is their main residence. Read the Insurance Information Document carefully before taking out this insurance. More information on property insurance.
Please read these documents before opening a security deposit savings account.
You can submit any complaints you may have by e-mail to complaints@kbc.be, tel. 016 43 25 94, by telephone on 016 43 25 94 and/or by e-mail to ombudsman@ombudsfin.be.
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